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Humans, horses, orangutans, and lions are among the few species of mammals that may grow their head hair or manes very long. Humans are believed to have lost their fur 2.5–3 million years ago as hominids when transitioning from a forest habitat to the open savanna, as an effect of natural selection, since this development made it possible to run fast and hunt animals close to the equator ...
Xie Qiuping (Chinese: 謝秋萍, born c. 1960) is a Chinese citizen who holds the record for world's longest hair. On 8 May 2004, her hair was measured to be 5.627 meters (18 ft 5.54 in). She began growing her hair to its current length in 1973 at the age of 13. She is the Guinness World Record holder for 2018.
Mary Babnik Brown (November 22, 1907 – April 14, 1991) was an American who became known for having donated her hair to the United States military during World War II. Thirty-four inches (86 cm) long, her blonde hair had never been chemically treated or heated with curling irons. [3]
Colonel Meow (October 11, 2011 – January 29, 2014) [1] was an American Himalayan–Persian crossbreed cat, who temporarily held the 2014 Guinness world record [2] for the longest fur on a cat (nine inches or about 23 cm). [3] He became an Internet celebrity when his owners posted pictures of his scowling face to Facebook and Instagram.
Hair that is divided into two equal sections and is then either braided or secured close to the scalp and left to hang free. Ponyhawk: 1. A combination of a mohawk with a ponytail in the back. 2. Long hair worn in several ponytails running from front of the head to the back of the head resembling a mohawk.
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The Merovingians' long hair distinguished them among the Franks, who commonly cut their hair short. Contemporaries sometimes referred to them as the "long-haired kings" (Latin reges criniti). A Merovingian whose hair was cut could not rule, and a rival could be removed from the succession by being tonsured and sent to a monastery. The ...
The Spanish Dominican missionary Gaspar de Carvajal first claimed meeting a white tribe of Amazonians, he wrote in his Account of the Recent Discovery of the Famous Grand River (1542) of a tribe of Amazonian women who were "very white and tall" who had "long hair, braided and wound about their heads". [1]